Flow feedback zwave scenes

Third party integrations Node-RED
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I am just starting in Node Red and thanks to these forums was able to get my first few things done. This is an example zwave scene i am grabbing from a HSWD-200 switch I wanted to get some feedback on how others are dealing with grouping of lights and the vast tie in from other areas in the flow. Feedback appreciated.

[Album] node red flow z-wave scene

https://pastebin.com/DhUwKcPG

Thanks

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I’m doing something similar for my scenes. In this case, I have a MiniMote with buttons.

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You’ll notice on the left that the MiniMote is a link which comes from a different flow. I have a flow for Z-Wave that checks for Z-Wave events and dispatches the events to different flows. I have 2 MiniMotes and 4 Leviton controllers that receives events and then sends them off.

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I use links so that I only have 1 node that fires off the command in case something changes, I want to only update 1 node. For instance, I have a link (in another flow) that goes to “Turn on front lights”. This node then tells 2 Z-Wave devices to turn on; I don’t have to sprinkle the 2 nodes to turn on everywhere I want to turn on the front lights.

(Some of the Leviton controllers don’t have actions for the buttons as they are set using Z-Wave associations for faster response.)

For you. I’d have the 2x Tap goto a link and then have the link dispatches all the lights in case you want the same action somewhere else. This is a personal preference, of course.

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How are you determining what device? So I am using WS200+ for scenes today, but have a minimote I haven’t moved from ST yet. Do you build a list of all devices and then link them as appropriate? or is there an easy way to identify one vs the other? I don’t see any indication in the payload. So my guess is in “check for controller” you are just matching a list of names to route?

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There is an entity_id in the payload.

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and the node that feeds this is:

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ok yup that is how I am looking them up. Good thought on the linking. I need to work some on structure as flows are getting big.

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It is quite easy to build large flows! I basically have a flow for each room and then a few general ones. I have something like 50 Z-Wave devices as well as a bunch of other things that I control. I pity anyone trying to figure out what I’ve done :grinning: